Repair_Visitor_Center_Parking_Construct_PT_Pad_Questions_and_Answers.pdf

10 June 2016 MEMORANDUM FOR Prospective Offerors

FROM: 436 CONS/LGCA

639 Atlantic Street Dover Air Force Base, Delaware l9902-5639

SUBJECT: Questions and Answers for Repair Visitor Center Parking/Construct PT Pad at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware

1. The following questions were asked by prospective offerors and are answered by this office:

Visitor’s Parking Lot:

QUESTION: 1. How long can the Visitor’s Parking Lot remain closed for any of the Demo, Curbing, Asphalt Paving and/or Striping work?

ANSWER: The Visitor’s Center lot will not be closed during construction. It will be active during the entire construction. The contractor shall set up the work area so visitors will have access to at least 10 parking spots. Visitors will be expected to enter and exit from only one side of the lot during the project.

QUESTION: 2. Would the Dover AFB consider accepting the excavated soils at a pre-determined location on the Air Base rather than the Contractor have the soils tested and disposed off-site?

ANSWER: No. All soil must be tested prior to disposal off-base. This will be limited to one test of the soil for the project site, not every load.

QUESTION: 3. Please specify what testing and methodology is to be included for any soils going for off-site disposal.

ANSWER: The analysis should be performed by a NELAP (National Environmental Lab Accreditation Program) certified lab. Sample results should be submitted to 436 CES/CEIE (Environmental Element) for review and determination of disposal requirements.

Test results shall include the following:

1. Full TCLP (toxicity characteristic leaching procedure) to include ignitability, reactivity, corrosivity, metals, organics, pesticides and herbicides

2. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)

3. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

4. BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, and Ethyl benzene)

5. Percent Solids

QUESTION: 4. What type of transportation and disposal should the Contractor assume for the removed soils for bidding purposes?

ANSWER: For bidding purposes, the contractor should assume no soil contamination. Therefore, any legal, reasonable means of transportation and disposal off Dover AFB is the contractor’s responsibility.

QUESTION: 5. What method will be used for measurement and payment for the CY line items?

ANSWER: MEASUREMENT: The quantity of Excavation for which payment will be made will be the number of cubic yards (CY), measured by taking cross-sections taken at regular intervals and computed by the method of average end areas, measured in the original condition.

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

436th Contracting Squadron (AMC)

639 Atlantic Street Dover AFB, Delaware 19902-5639

MEASUREMENT OF IMPORTED CY line items will by acceptance of delivery tickets.

PAYMENT: The contract unit price shall constitute full compensation for all labor, equipment, materials, placement, and compaction necessary to complete the work. No payment will be made for Excavation and Removal furnished outside of the designated areas.

QUESTION: 6. Will Dover AFB accept any further questions concerning the Parking Lot after the site walk? If so, what is the deadline for submittal?

ANSWER: Yes. All questions should be submitted by close of business (5pm EST) 10 June 2016.

Fitness Exercise Pad:

QUESTION: 1. What test method is to be utilized to measure soil compaction? How many tests and at what rate will testing be required?

ANSWER: Tests for compaction shall be performed by a certified soils testing laboratory using a nuclear density device. The testing laboratory shall take enough tests to allow them to certify the compaction results.

QUESTION: 2. How will the Contractor be compensated for importing off-site borrow, if required to meet the 95% compaction specification?

ANSWER: The contract unit price shall constitute full compensation for all labor, equipment, materials, placement, and compaction necessary to complete the work. No payment will be made for Excavation and Removal furnished outside of the designated areas. It is up to the contractor to estimate the amount of borrow that will be needed and include the cost in their bid.

QUESTION: 3. Would the Dover AFB consider accepting the excavated soils at a pre-determined location on the Air Base rather than the Contractor have the soils tested and disposed off-site?

ANSWER: No. All soil must be tested prior to disposal off-base. This will be limited to one test of the soil for the project site, not every load.

QUESTION: 4. Please specify what testing and methodology is to be included for any soils going for off-site disposal.

ANSWER: The analysis should be performed by a NELAP (National Environmental Lab Accreditation Program) certified lab. Sample results should be submitted to 436 CES/CEIE (Environmental Element) for review and determination of disposal requirements.

Test results shall include the following:

1 Full TCLP (toxicity characteristic leaching procedure) to include ignitability, reactivity, corrosivity, metals, organics, pesticides and herbicides

2. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)

3. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

4. BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, and Ethyl benzene)

5. Percent Solids

QUESTION: 5. What method will be used for measurement and payment for the CY line items?

ANSWER: MEASUREMENT: The quantity of Excavation for which payment will be made will be the number of cubic yards (CY), measured by taking cross-sections taken at regular intervals and computed by the method of average end areas, measured in the original condition.

MEASUREMENT OF IMPORTED CY line items will by acceptance of delivery tickets.

PAYMENT: The contract unit price shall constitute full compensation for all labor, equipment, materials, placement, and compaction necessary to complete the work. No payment will be made for Excavation and Removal furnished outside of the designated areas.

QUESTION: 6. Will Dover AFB accept any further questions concerning the Fitness Pad after the site walk? If so, what is the deadline for submittal?

ANSWER: Yes. All questions should be submitted by close of business (5pm EST) 10 June 2016.

QUESTION: 13. Is bonding required for this project?

ANSWER: Yes. In accordance with FAR Part 28.102-1 (b)(1) Performance and Payment Bonds and Alternative Payment Protections for Construction Contracts – “Pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 3132, for construction contracts greater than $35,000, but not greater than $150,000, the contracting officer shall select two or more of the following payment protections, giving particular consideration to inclusion of an irrevocable letter of credit as one of the selected alternatives:

(i) A payment bond.

(ii) An irrevocable letter of credit (ILC).

(iii) A tripartite escrow agreement. The prime contractor establishes an escrow account in a federally insured financial institution and enters into a tripartite escrow agreement with the financial institution, as escrow agent, and all of the suppliers of labor and material.

The escrow agreement shall establish the terms of payment under the contract and of resolution of disputes among the parties. The Government makes payments to the contractor’s escrow account, and the escrow agent distributes the payments in accordance with the agreement, or triggers the disputes resolution procedures if required.

(iv) Certificates of deposit. The contractor deposits certificates of deposit from a federally insured financial institution with the contracting officer, in an acceptable form, executable by the contracting officer.

(v) A deposit of the types of security listed in 28.204-1 and 28.204-2.”

2. If you have any questions, please contact SSgt Tatjana Johnson at 302-677-5032 or e-mail her at tatjana.johnson@us.af.mil

Prepared by //SIGNED// TATJANA T. JOHNSON, SSgt, USAF Contract Specialist

Reviewed by //SIGNED//

ANDRE JACKSON

Contracting Officer cc:

FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov

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